I am proud that the International Operations Subcommittee has a long history of accomplishing serious work in a bipartisan fashion. and I am pleased that the new chairman is continuing this tradition. Let me emphasize once again that the conference report before us now is not the foreign aid bill. This bill authorizes the internal budgets and operations of the State Department. the U.S. Information Agency. the Board for International Broadcasting. and other foreign affairs agencies. It also authorizes refugee programs. U.S. assessed contributions to the United Nations. and governs the operations of our international broadcasting services. such as the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. This conference report closely follows the funding and legislative requests of the administration.